NAME: SUSIE R. (LEISTER) GRIFFIN, AGE 92, OF OKLAHOMA CITY, FORMER LONGTIME RESIDENT OF ATOKA.

BORN: FEBRUARY 9, 1906 IN, ARKANSAS TO EDWIN AND ESMA (CHITWOOD) LEISTER. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1998 AT MANOR CARE NURSING CENTER IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 92 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM COALGATE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1923. LATER GRADUATED FROM SOUTHEASTERN STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE. MARRIED: JOHN CECIL GRIFFIN ON OCTOBER 3, 1930 AT DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION: RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER, TAUGHT MANY YEARS IN SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT ATOKA COUNTY. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH LATER AFFILIATED WITH THE SPRING CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH IN OKLAHOMA CITY. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE OKLAHOMA EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION AND RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION FOR MANY YEARS. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: JOYCE BURGESS AND HUSBAND COY OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GRAND DAUGHTER: KIM BURGESS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GRANDSON: JAY BURGESS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SISTER: GAYLE MITCHELL OF WEATHERFORD, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: JOHN CECIL GRIFFIN ON AUGUST 5, 1996. BROTHERS: JOHN, DENNIS AND PAUL LEISTER. SISTERS: EVELYN, DECIE (DESSIE), AND RHEA (REA).

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1998 AT 11:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. 0FFICIATING: DR. STEVE GRAHAM. CASKETBEARERS: BRICKIE GRIFFIN, TRACY GRIFFIN, TRENTON GRIFFIN, BUDDY DURBIN, TOM WELLS, DON STOCKTON.